Mail-box support.



A. P. KERSEY.

MAIL BOX SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19, 1909.

Patmlte Dec Z 1909.

plates 14 may be provided, but it is to be understood that if preferred the head (3 can be made larger or smaller, as desired, so as to accommodate more or less boxes.

W hen it is desiredto deposit mail within the boxes the carrier can turn the head 6 so as to bring any one of them into position to receive the mail. lit will be seen that the stand or support is formed of very few parts and is durable as well as inexpensive in construction.

Various changes may of course be made in the construction and arrangement of parts witl'iout departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

l. A mail-box support comprising a tubu lar sandard, a. head mounted to rotate thereon. a stem secured to the head and projecting into the standard, means within the standard for preventing longitudinal movement of the stem relative to the stand ard, said head having a series of openings therein. bo;\'-engaging and supporting plates mounted on the head, an arm extending from each ot-said plates, and means upon each arm for extending through one of the openings and into engagement with the head, said means bearing upwardly against the head.

2. A mail box support comprising a tubular standard, a head mounted to rotate thereon and comprising a counterbored hub, spokes radiating therefrom, and a flanged peripheral portion connecting the outer ends of the spokes, the counterbore Within the hub constituting a seat for one end of the standard, a stem secured within and extending from. the hub and mounted to rotate within the standard, base plates, and arms extending from said plates and between the spokes, said arms bearing down 'ardly upon the peripheral portion of the head and upwardly upon the hub portion thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aliixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

lVitnesses:

F. A. (,iLASCnOK,

,. i SWAIN. 

